10 Facts About Lise Bacon

Lise Bacon was the second women elected to the National Assembly after Marie-Claire Kirkland.

Lise Bacon served as president of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1970 to 1973, making her the first woman elected president of a political party in Canada.

Lise Bacon worked as an Office Manager at the Prudential Insurance Company of America from 1951 to 1971.

Lise Bacon became Secretary of the Quebec Liberal Party in 1968.

Lise Bacon was elected as an MNA for the riding of Bourassa in the 1973 Quebec general election, becoming the second women elected to the National Assembly of Quebec after Marie-Claire Kirkland.

Lise Bacon was defeated in the 1976 election, losing to the Parti quebecois candidate, Patrice Laplante.

Lise Bacon worked as a citizenship judge from 1977 to 1979, then as Vice-President of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association for Quebec from 1979 to 1981.

Lise Bacon was re-elected in the 1985 election and was appointed Deputy Premier of Quebec, a post she would hold until 1994.

Lise Bacon served as Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1985 to 1989, Minister responsible for the Charter of the French Language from 1985 to 1988, and Minister of the Environment from 1988 to 1989.

Lise Bacon was appointed Senator, representing the area of De la Durantaye, Quebec, by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on September 14,1994.